Wash tub support



( b Model.)

No.27L51&

' J.REID.

WASH TUB SUPPORT.

Patented Jan. 30,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JOHN REID, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WASH-TUB SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,516, dated January 30, 1883. Application filed November 27, 1382. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOHN REID, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented an Improvement in Wash- Tub Supports, of which the following is a specification.

Wash-tubs have heretofore been made of porcelain with vertical sides and back and inclined front. Sometimes these tubs are made IO of slate. Difficulty has arisen in supporting these tubs in a manner that is neat and at the same time does not form a space for dirt and vermin. The frame of wood for the top of the porcelain-tubs and the covers for the same,

when used, are diffic'ult to secure in a reliable manner.

My invention relates to the means for supporting the wash-tubs and connecting'to the same the wooden: frame at the top. In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the tub and frame. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the tub and frame, and Fig. 3 is a plan of one of the legs.

The tub, of porcelain, slate, or other suitable material, is provided with'a back portion, a, bottom I), sides 0, and inclined front 0. The tubs may be separate from each other, as usual, when made of porcelain, or they may be made two or more together, as in slate tubs. The water is to be supplied by t'aucetsf, either above the tubs at the'back or else Within the tubs, both modes being well known.

My improvement relates to the legs h k, that are made of metal of any suitable shape, the leg It being preferably round, in the form of a column, and the leg is being T-shaped sectionally and adapted to stand against the wall. These legs It Is are connected by the bar l, and the upper part of the leg hterininates asan 4o inclined bearer, m, coming up against the lower part of the front 0 of the tub, so as to prevent the tub sliding forward.. Across the top of the column or leg h'there is a channel or recess for the reception of the wooden basebar 0, that runs along beneath the tubs, and serves to connect the legs to each other, and to form a support that prevents the tubs tipping laterally, and italso receives the bolts 10,

that connect the said bar 0 to the topframe, s, I remark that usually it is unnecessary to bolt the bar 0' to the legs h, because it is received into the transverse recess in the top of thecolumns or legs, and the weight of the tubs will keep the parts from disconnecting. The top frame,s, is of wood, and it is to be mortised and tenoned together in any' desirable manner. It lids are provided, the same are to be hinged to the frame. These frames and hinged or removable lids are well known in themselves; but difficulty has arisen in connecting them to the tubs.

By' my improvement the base-bar 0, below the tubs, and the bolts 12, serve to clamp the top frame firmly to the tubs.- The porcelain tubs, being separate from each other, permit the intermediate bolts, 19, to pass up between them, as shown.

1am aware that legs have been applied below the tubs at their outer edges and where one tub adjoins the other. to apply, and the legs require to be bolted together longitudinally of the tubs. By my improvement I only use one pair of legs to each tub, and 1 support the tubs in a firmer manner than heretofore and at much less expense, in consequence of the basebar 0 running along beneath the tubs and supporting them.

These are diflicult I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with the tubs, of the legs h k, and base-bar 0, passing along beneath the tubs, and being received into recesses in forth the top part of the legs, substantially as set 2. The combination, with the tubs and their top frame, of legs supporting the tubs, the basebar 0 running along below the tubs, and bolts connecting the top frame to the base-bar, substantially as set forth. v

Signed by me this 24th day of November, A. l). 1882.

Witnesses:

GEo. T. PINOKNEY, WILLIAM G. MOTT.

JOHN REID. 

